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Giant Explosion Observed

Posted by michael on from the this-is-my-boomstick dept.

KFZ Versicherung writes "Space.com is reporting on the largest explosion ever seen in space. The outburst is orchestrated by a supermassive black hole that anchors a distant galaxy sitting amid a tight cluster of galaxies. The black hole has blown two huge bubbles into the galaxy, shoving aside a colossal amount of gas equal to the mass of a trillion Suns, or more than all the stars of our own Milky Way Galaxy."

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  1. checking by Fr05t · · Score: 3, Funny

    *runs out side*
    *looks at the sky*
    *runs back inside*
    It's ok everyone, move along. Nothing to see here.

  2. old news by Fr05t · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The eruption is 2.6 billion light-years away, compared to more than 12 billion light-years for the most distant known galaxies. A light-year -- the distance light travels in one year -- is a measure of time, too, so the galaxy is more modern than many, seen as it existed well after the bulk of galaxy formation had taken place throughout the cosmos."

    This happened 2.6 BILLION years ago! Come on editors this is a *news* site and 2.6 Billion years old isn't new! Shesh :P

  3. Re:Publicity stunt by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny
    ""... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." (Someone had to say it.) "

    As heard on the news:

    Fox News: "Surgical strikes by our forces eliminated an Alderaan terrorist base today"

    CNN: "Bush's environmental policies are believed to be to blame for today's planet explosion."

    MTV News: "Christine Aguilera had to cancel her Alderaan concert tour today."

    Rush Limbaugh: "That's a few billion fewer Anderaanian feminazis to worry about."

    Boh and Tom: "ha ha ha. Heh heh heh. guffaw"

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  4. Largest eruption... by Jarlsberg · · Score: 4, Funny

    I got a pr email from NASA quoting this. The headline was something like this: LARGEST ERUPTION IN THE GALAXY. If the mail hadn't been from NASA, that would be an exceedingly naughty subject line, even for a spam message. :D

  5. Re:But... by myukew · · Score: 3, Funny

    light travels much faster than sound
    the boom arrives right after our sun died

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  6. Where are the pictures? by TFGeditor · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The scene was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array." So, where are the pictures? I like pictures. Science is no fun without pictures. Pictures are cool.

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  7. Jeez' Louise.. by kettlechips · · Score: 3, Funny
    "The black hole has blown two huge bubbles into the galaxy, shoving aside a colossal amount of gas equal to the mass of a trillion Suns."

    One can only conjecture as to the smell of that place.